BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation
(NYSE: ALB), the world leader in flame retardant solutions for polymers, will
increase the price for its SAYTEX CP-2000 flame retardant by US$0.30/kg,
effective globally on all shipments made on or after February 1, 2007, or as
contracts allow.
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Albemarle flame retardants help improve the fire safety of materials
found in circuit boards, connectors and enclosures for electronic and
electrical devices; comfort foam in furniture and automobiles; wire & cable;
and roofing, rigid insulation foam, adhesives, coatings and other
construction materials.
Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a leading
global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered specialty
chemicals for consumer electronics; petroleum and petrochemical processing;
transportation and industrial products; pharmaceuticals; agricultural
products; and construction and packaging materials. The Company operates in
three business segments -- Polymer Additives, Catalysts and Fine Chemicals,
and serves customers in approximately 100 countries. Learn more about
Albemarle’s flame retardants at http://www.saytex.com/ and
http://www.albemarle.com/ .
SAYTEX is a registered trademark of Albemarle Corporation.
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Act of 1995:
Statements in this press release regarding Albemarle Corporation’s
business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that
involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those
contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.